Union Of India vs. Geeta Fibres Pvt. Ltd

ITEM NO.3 Court 3 (Video Conferencing) SECTION IV-B

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s).12038/2020

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 21-08-2019 in CWP No. 6862/2017 passed by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh)

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

ANIL KUMAR SONI Respondent(s)

(WITH I.R. and IA No.70438/2020-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.70440/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

Date : 01-12-2020 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDU MALHOTRA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Balbir Singh, ASG Mr. Mohammed Akhil, Adv. Mr. B.K Satija, Adv. Mrs. Binu Tamta, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1 Delay condoned.

2 Issue notice on the Special Leave Petition and on the prayer for interim relief,

3 Tag with SLP (C) No 18214 of 2017.

returnable in eight weeks.

• 4 Mr Balbir Singh, learned Additional Solicitor General appearing on behalf of the petitioners, states that the High Court has quashed the show cause notice only in respect of the present respondent. Hence, he seeks a clarification that the issuance of notice on the SLP filed by the Union of India in the present proceedings will not affect the proceedings in any other case.
• 5 We clarify that the notice is confined only to the dispute with the respondent and in regard to the order of the High Court quashing the notice to show cause that was issued to the respondent. This order shall not affect any other proceedings which do not pertain to the respondent.

(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR) AR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER